Every year is an election year in Virginia, but 2022 is important because every single congressional seat is up for grabs. In Virginia, there are 11 congressional districts. The current incumbents of the districts will be marked with an asterisk.
Some localities in Virginia will also have local races. If you want to see what races at the local level are on your ballot, the Virginia Department of Elections Citizen Portal is the place to go.
Here’s who will be on the ballot for the November Midterm election:
- District 01
- Herb Jones (Democrat)
- Rob Wittman (Republican)*
- David Foster (Independent)
- District 02
- Elaine Luria (Democrat)*
- Jen Kiggans (Republican)
- District 03
- Bobby Scott (Democrat)*
- Terry Namkung (Republican)
- District 04
- Donald McEachin (Democrat)*
- Leon Benjamin (Republican)
- District 05
- Josh Throneburg (Democrat)
- Bob Good (Republican)*
- District 06
- Jen Lewis (Democrat)
- Ben Cline (Republican)*
- District 07
- Abigail Spanberger (Democrat)*
- Yesli Vega (Republican)
- District 08
- Don Beyer (Democrat)*
- Karina Lipsman (Republican)
- Teddy Fikre (Independent)
- District 09
- Taysha DeVaughan (Democrat)
- Morgan Griffith (Republican)*
- District 10
- Jennifer Wexton (Democrat)*
- Hung Cao (Republican)
- District 11
- Gerry Connolly (Democrat)*
- Jim Myles (Republican)
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